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CEC Receives Submission on Agave Production in Jalisco
Montreal, 13 April 2023 — On 11 April, a Mexican citizen filed a submission under Chapter 24 of the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA/CUSMA) with the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC). The Submitter asserts that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws to protect water quality from the effects of agave cultivation in Jalisco, Mexico. In submission SEM-23-003 (Agave Production in Jalisco), the Submitter asserts that...
April 13, 2023
Deadline Extension: 2023 Youth Innovation Challenge
Help us spread the word! The deadline to submit solutions for the 2023 Youth Innovation Challenge has been extended to 10 April 2023 at 11:59 PM (local time). With the theme Water Solutions for Sustainable Development, the 2023 challenge invites North American youth, ages 18 to 30, to propose innovative solutions that address and respond to critical issues related to water including: The increase in...
April 5, 2023
CEC TEK Expert Henrietta Mann Receives National Humanities Medal from U.S. President Joe Biden
Dr. Henrietta Mann, a distinguished leader in Native American studies, and historian, activist and member of the CEC’s Traditional Ecological Knowledge Expert Group (TEKEG), was just awarded the National Humanities Medal by U.S. President Joe Biden, during a ceremony held at the White House on 21 March. Dr. Mann, a Cheyenne-Arapaho tribal leader and scholar, was honored along with other...
March 22, 2023
CEC Releases New Digital Land Cover/Land Use Map of North America, Most Accurate Available at This Scale
Montreal, 20 March 2023 — The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is pleased to release the latest trinational digital land cover map of North America, under the North American Land Change Monitoring System (NALCMS), a collaboration with the Governments of Canada, Mexico and the United States and their respective mapping agencies. This land cover map is the most accurate map available at this scale and is publicly...
March 20, 2023
JPAC Advice on the Role of Ports in Fighting Climate Change
The CEC Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) recently submitted an Advice to the CEC Council following a Public Forum that took place in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, on 1 December 2022. The Public Forum brought together experts from port authorities, the maritime transportation industry, NGOs, academia and governments to discuss the role of ports in fighting climate change, including climate mitigation, green shipping corridors, zero-emission fuels...
March 15, 2023
CEC EJ4Climate Grant Program Awards $2M for Environmental Justice
Montreal, 14 March 2023—The North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has announced 14 climate-focused projects that will each receive up to C$200,000 under the CEC’s EJ4Climate (Environmental Justice and Climate Resilience) Grant Program. Initiated by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the EJ4Climate Grant Program provides funding directly to community-based organizations for projects that target underserved and vulnerable communities, and Indigenous...
March 14, 2023
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